Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754948AbYL2OCa (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:02:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753230AbYL2OCW (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:02:22 -0500 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:50778 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752927AbYL2OCV (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:02:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:03:56 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Mike Frysinger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers Message-ID: <20081229140356.GB7327@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <49567EB5.5030409@zytor.com> <1230549153-31754-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1230549153-31754-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 649 Lines: 16 On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:12:33AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > Rather than constantly fixing up size type breakage in userspace headers, > auto convert the types u_intXX_t, uintXX_t, intXX_t, uXX, and sXX to the > appropriate __uXX or __sXX type. Is this the right thing to do? uintXX_t belongs to a namespace that the kernel should not use. So being restrictive here would be better I think. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/